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Study for Victory (from Sketchbook)

John Quincy Adams Ward

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a statue of a woman on a pedestal. The woman has a flower crown on her head. She is wearing a short sleeve top and a long skirt. Her right arm is outstretched and her left arm holds a spear. She is standing on a pedestal. The background of the sketch is a piece of paper that is stained and torn. The paper takes up most of the image with a large white border around it.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 491 px
Museum record:
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